Rachel Baye

Published: Sat, May 4, 2013

Prom for a high school senior is no longer just a dance. It is an event that some say can rival a wedding in cost. With the dress or tuxedo, shoes and other accessories, hair and makeup, a limo, dinner before prom and post-prom activities, the costs can quickly roll into four figures, which is...

Kate Jacobson

Updated: Tue, Apr 30, 2013

The Montgomery County inspector general is investigating the Silver Spring Transit Center after council members requested $100,000 be put toward examining the center's construction errors. Inspector General Ed Blansitt responded to a memo from Councilman Hans Riemer, D-at large, asking for the...

Kate Jacobson

Updated: Tue, Apr 30, 2013

The Montgomery County Council approved a trio of pay raises for union employees, which will cost the county almost $32 million in fiscal 2014. The council approved the firefighters, police and county government employees union packages 8-1, with only Councilman Phil Andrews,...

Alan Blinder

Published: Sun, Apr 28, 2013

A Montgomery County mother is facing nearly a dozen charges after authorities said she offered a Gaithersburg man sex with her daughter to settle a $5,000 debt. Maryland prosecutors say that the woman, whose name The Washington Examiner is not reporting because it could be used to identify the...

Kate Jacobson

Published: Sat, Apr 27, 2013

About 500 cell locks opened at Montgomery County's main jail -- the second time in one week locks became unsecured in the facility near Clarksburg. The incident caused officials to declare a security emergency. Just after 12:00 a.m. on Saturday morning, jail workers were alerted that the...